GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |